Power ballads were all the rage in the 1980s, and when one thinks of emotional songs from the era that elicit goosebumps, they think of such songs. However, that decade featured quite a few songs that ...

Belt it out, set it free and put your lighters in the air my babies, let’s talk power ballads. Whether lamenting love gone wrong or celebrating life in all its failures and majesties, roses and thorns ...

The '90s produced some of alt-rock's most memorable and defining ballads. These 11 songs showcase the genre at its most ...

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

This is the song that started it all. In 1980, then-unknown New Jersey songwriter Jon Bongiovi recorded a rough version of this song at his cousin’s studio in Manhattan. He recorded it again two years ...

Look, man, I get it. Power ballads are cheesy, sappy, and outright lame, right? At least, that’s what we say when our metalhead friends are around. Like you, there’s no way I have ever in my life ...

Back in the '80s, there few women in rock cooler than Pat Benatar. The combination of her powerhouse vocals and punkish style made her a popular artist on MTV in its earliest days, and she was one of ...

What are Greg Puciato's favorite power ballads? The Better Lovers singer who is currently getting some attention for the band's latest power ballad "At All Times" from the Highly Irresponsible album ...

If you’re “motorin'” around the Beltway this weekend, you might hear power ballads echoing across Tysons, Virginia. Night Ranger will rock Capital One Hall on Friday, July 7 as part of the band’s 40th ...

If you are a fan of the excellent Max “dockumentary” called “Yacht Rock,” a look without condescension at a genre of music mastered by the likes of Michael McDonald, Toto and Christopher Cross, let me ...